netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] net: igmp: Don't flush routing cache when force_igmp

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Message-ID: <20130807004547.GF16410@order.stressinduktion.org>
Date:	Wed, 7 Aug 2013 02:45:47 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	William Manley <william.manley@...view.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bcrl@...ck.org, luky-37@...mail.com,
	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] net: igmp: Don't flush routing cache when force_igmp_version is modified

On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 07:03:14PM +0100, William Manley wrote:
> The procfs knob /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/force_igmp_version allows the
> IGMP protocol version to use to be explicitly set.  As a side effect this
> caused the routing cache to be flushed as it was declared as a
> DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY.  Flushing is unnecessary and this patch
> makes it so flushing does not occur.
> 
> Requested by Hannes Frederic Sowa as he was reviewing other patches
> adding procfs entries.
> 
> Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> Signed-off-by: William Manley <william.manley@...view.com>

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
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